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Marta Steele is an author/editor/blogger who has been writing for Opednews.com since 2006. She is also author of the 2012 book "Grassroots, Geeks, Pros, and Pols: The Election Integrity Movement's Nonstop Battle to Win Back the People's Vote, 2000-2008" (Columbus, Free Press) and a member of the Election Integrity movement since 2001. Her original website, WordsUnLtd.com, first entered the blogosphere in 2003. She recently became a senior editor for Opednews.com. She has in the past taught college and worked as a full-time as well as freelance reporter. She has been a peace and election integrity activist since 1999. Her undergraduate and graduate educational background are in Spanish, classical philology, and historical and comparative linguistics. Her biography is most recently listed in "Who's Who in America" 2019 and in 2018 she received a Lifetime Achievement Award from Who's Who. OpEd News Member for 860 week(s) and 0 day(s) 358 Articles, 213 Quick Links, 1074 Comments, 72 Diaries, 15 Series, 0 Polls
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Tuesday, April 12, 2016Democracy Spring: Rally behind Police Lines in front of Capitol: Day 2 Day 2 of the Democracy Spring presence in front of the capitol building in Washington, DC. On day 1, 400 were removed from the front steps and imprisoned. On day 2, they were positioned behind police lines. A fascinating and diverse group of people with a common wish to remove money from politics, in agreement with a huge percentage of the American people. Series: Election Integrity (99 Articles, 180726 views), politics in general (49 Articles, 122486 views), The Capitol Beat (78 Articles, 110553 views) (View All Series) 
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Wednesday, March 16, 2016Drumpf, Cruz, and Sanders: Politics-As-Usual or Better or Worse? THOUGHTS, FEARS, AND dreams on this huge mess we refer to as democracy in action. The guy who wants democracy in action is losing. So is the future of this country. So is democracy. Series: politics in general (49 Articles, 122486 views), The Capitol Beat (78 Articles, 110553 views) 
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Thursday, February 25, 2016Is Campaign Lying Now Legal In Ohio? Is It Illegal Anywhere? Is it legal to lie during political campaigns? A 2016 Ohio federal court decision allows it as "free speech," a First Amendment right. 
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Sunday, February 14, 2016St. Valentine's Day 2016 St. Valentine's Day is the most important day of the year. 
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Thursday, February 11, 2016REVIEW: Stacey Hunter Hecht and David Schultz, "Presidential Swing States: Why Only Ten Matter" Review of an excellent edited volume focused on each of the ten swing states that have existed between 1988 and 2012 Series: Election Integrity (99 Articles, 180726 views), politics in general (49 Articles, 122486 views), Reviews (104 Articles, 150221 views) (View All Series) 
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Thursday, January 21, 2016Myth Busting: Voter IDs Have Been Part of the U.S. Landscape since 1970! This article, a brief draft from my forthcoming book Ballots or Bill$: The Future of Democracy? Or, Why Does Evil Genius Always Win? is for those (I don't know how many . . . maybe I'm assuming too much) who believe that the photo ID requirement was born in Indiana and Georgia in 2008. But that is when STRICT photo ID entered the picture: the requirement of not only any form of ID, but state- or federally issued photo ID ... Series: Election Integrity (99 Articles, 180726 views), politics in general (49 Articles, 122486 views), Reviews (104 Articles, 150221 views) (View All Series) 
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Sunday, January 10, 2016REVIEW: Edward Foley, "Ballot Battles: The History of Disputed Elections in the United States" REVIEW: Edward Foley, "Ballot Ballots: The History of Disputed Elections in the United States" Series: Reviews (104 Articles, 150221 views), politics in general (49 Articles, 122486 views), Election Integrity (99 Articles, 180726 views) (View All Series)
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Thursday, December 24, 2015Merry Christmas 2015 Thoughts on Christmas involving hope and despair, multa inter alia. Do not read this if you plan to enjoy a 100% optimistic Christmas! Series: Holidays (24 Articles, 28125 views) 
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Saturday, December 5, 2015The film "Suffragette": Not a Review some notes on the film "Suffragette": women suffering=>women's suffrage Series: Reviews (104 Articles, 150221 views) 
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Thursday, December 3, 2015Evenwel v Abbott: SCOTUS's Most Momentous Decision-in-Progress (2015-16) On SCOTUS's Most Momentous Decision-to-Be among this year's scheduled cases, Evenwel v Abbott, the latest domino in a line planned to result in an exchange of democracy for "democracy." Series: Election Integrity (99 Articles, 180726 views), politics in general (49 Articles, 122486 views) 
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Saturday, November 21, 2015Happy International Indigenous People's Day 2015 Some thoughts as the Fourth Thursday of November approaches, a day we call Thanksgiving and that I proposed we rename International Indigenous People's Day. Series: International (8 Articles, 20049 views) 
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Sunday, November 15, 2015Attack on Paris: More Tragedy, More Tears, More Reminders One author's reaction to the Attack on Paris--raw emotion grasping for answers to a question whose answer eludes Western culture. 
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Wednesday, November 4, 2015Today's U.S.A. and Russia: Is Cold War II Ahead? An informal hearing led by Chairman John Conyers on Capitol Hill on the crisis in Us-Russia Relations. Series: The Capitol Beat (78 Articles, 110553 views) 
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Saturday, September 19, 2015Brennan Center for Justice Panel, Press Club, 9/17: "America's Voting Technology Crisis" A stimulating and informative panel discussion about the newly released Brennan Center Report "America's Voting Technology Crisis," held at the Press Club in Washington, DC, on November 17. Series: Election Integrity (99 Articles, 180726 views), Reviews (104 Articles, 150221 views) 
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Thursday, September 10, 2015Dr. Joseph Kiniry: "THERE IS NO NEED FOR INTERNET VOTING" Dr. Joseph Kiniry of Galois, Inc.: "THERE IS NO NEED FOR INTERNET VOTING" 
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Wednesday, August 26, 2015REVIEW INTERSPERSED WITH INTERVIEW-- David Schultz, "Election Law and Democratic Theory" Review of a 2014 magisterial monograph on political theory and election law by an eminent authority, Professor David Schultz of Hamline University and the University of Minnesota. Series: Election Integrity (99 Articles, 180726 views), Reviews (104 Articles, 150221 views) 
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Sunday, August 9, 2015Going Greene or, the God-Sent Donald Trump When unlikely misfits prevail, what's in it for even the right wing? Ultimately we all lose. The system rots. Series: Election Integrity (99 Articles, 180726 views) 
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Saturday, July 4, 2015Will America Die Before It Becomes Itself? July 4 thoughts--when will July 4, 1776 really happen as it should have? A tribute to a brilliant past, Danny Schechter's, and a future promised to us by Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. Series: Danny Schechter News Dissector (7 Articles, 11810 views), Election Integrity (99 Articles, 180726 views) 
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Sunday, June 7, 2015Congressman John Lewis Signs His New Book "March," vol. 2, at Politics and Prose June 7, 2015 Congressman John Lewis's book signing of "March," volume 2, today at the the DC independent bookstore Politics and Prose. 
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Sunday, May 10, 2015How? Last night's (May 9) PDA leadership conference and the light shed on the future of the Election Integrity movement and hence our democracy, and an invitation to its sequel, a panel discussion to spread our ideas farther, at UDC Law School May 20, 6:30 pm. Series: The Capitol Beat (78 Articles, 110553 views), Election Integrity (99 Articles, 180726 views) Page 7 of 18 First Last Back Next 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 View All |
